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  • False information is everywhere. 'Pre-bunking' tries to head it off early

    October 28, 2022 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States

    Governments, companies, and nonprofits are using a strategy called "pre-bunking" to teach people the tactics and strategies behind misinformation so that they can recognize and scrutinize it when they see it online. After Twitter released several dozen pre-bunks about elections in the United States and Brazil, about 39 percent of users they surveyed said they were more confident that there wouldn't be election fraud, and about half said they were able to pause and question what they saw in online posts.

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  • Embodying Civic Spirit

    October 26, 2022 |

    Jewish Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City-based organization Civic Spirit trains educators who work in religious schools to teach American civics and history from an interfaith perspective. The nonprofit also hosts programs for students in which they work together to tackle a civic challenge.

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  • How a non-profit is fighting climate change through tree planting in Kwara State

    October 26, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ilorin West, Kwara

    The Save Sahara Network plants trees at schools and other public places in an effort to help mitigate climate change. The organization also offers webinars and educational programs aimed at teaching youth about conservation and climate literacy.

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  • Beyond the US midterms: The Swiss answer to congressional gridlock

    October 26, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Switzerland

    Switzerland has a long tradition of national referendums to decide issues ranging from retirement structures to vacation requirements to voting rights. Citizens can gather signatures — 50,000 or 100,000, depending on whether they want to reconsider an already-passed law or propose new legislation — to put their issue on the ballot.

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  • Kano Youths Fight Corruption In Constituency Project Execution Using Tracking Skills

    October 26, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Runkusawa, Kano

    The Resource Center for Human Rights and Civic Education has trained more than 250 youth to help fight government corruption by tracking abandoned infrastructure projects and confronting officials with their findings. Since 2020, 126 abandoned projects have been tracked, and 78 of those have since been completed.

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  • Record number of South Carolinians cast their ballots on the first day of early voting

    October 25, 2022 |

    WIS News 10 |

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    Response Location: United States, South Carolina

    After South Carolina lawmakers passed a new law in May allowing residents to participate in early voting without needing an excuse, the state set a new record on the first day of the early voting period with more than 42,000 ballots cast.

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  • Volunteer-powered N.H. elections buoyed by national recruitment campaigns

    October 22, 2022 |

    New Hampshire Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    Power the Polls is a national campaign that coordinates with companies and organizations across the political spectrum to reach out to potential election volunteers. The campaign then shares the volunteer's information directly with local election officials, with the goal of bolstering the pool of available poll workers.

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  • A Sense of Community: Mexico City's Iztapalapa neighbourhood is undergoing a unique transformation

    October 20, 2022 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Iztapalapa, Mexico City

    This city is rising above its history of high rates of crime and poverty by transforming the city with Utopias, where residents can go to do activities like sports, music, arts and other cultural and educational activities for free. There are currently 13 Utopias across the Iztapalapa municipality that see about 100,000 people every week.

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  • From breweries to high schools, unique ways to fight poll worker shortage

    October 20, 2022 |

    NewsNation |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Amid poll worker shortages spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and safety concerns for election officials, some states are tapping a new generation of election staffers by recruiting in the places where young people already hang out, including breweries and community colleges. Kentucky's partnership with breweries helped the state sign up roughly 5,000 people to work the polls in 2020.

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  • Cleveland voter advocacy groups get access to jails for first time in years, push for clear policies

    October 19, 2022 |

    The Land |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    After a few years of virtual outreach due to the pandemic, Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates held an in-person drive in the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center to help people incarcerated there get registered to vote and request mail-in ballots. Over two days, the organization added 69 inmates to the county's voter rolls and helped 75 request ballots.

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